An Anne Arundel jury acquitted a 34-year-old man in a June shooting in Severn on Monday.

A 12-person jury found James Eugene Dyson, of Severn, not guilty of charges including attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. The verdict was delivered Monday following three days of trial in county Circuit Court in which Dyson, the victim and the woman prosecutors alleged the shooting revolved around, testified.

Assistant State's Attorney April Skrenczuk argued Dyson and others had gone out looking for the victim after his live-in girlfriend slipped out of their home to have sex with the other man. Dyson's Baltimore attorney, Roland Brown countered that Dyson and the girlfriend were taking a break from each other at the time and that there was no evidence of jealously.

Brown chalked the incident up as a case of "mistaken identity," noting the victim had ingested marijuana and alcohol in the hours leading up to the early morning shooting.

Reached by phone Wednesday, Brown said that the 34-year-old father of three was "ecstatic to be back with his kids."

Dyson had been held at Jennifer Road Detention Center in Parol since his June arrest. Prior to that point he had been working as a mechanical engineer with associate's degree with plans of to complete his bachelor's.

The victim was driven by friends to Laurel Regional Hospital. He ultimately identified Dyson as the shooter in a photo lineup.

Skrenczuk also pointed to phone records, which showed a flurry of incoming and outgoing calls from Dyson's phone in the hours in which the former girlfriend had slipped out of the home.

In addition, Skrenczuk pointed to a text message sent by the woman to the victim in which she said that the shooter "must have been waiting for" him, as evidence that she knew that Dyson was responsible.

The woman had also contacted the victim after the shooting by phone in an effort to convince him that Dyson wasn't responsible, Skrenczuk said.

Brown argued that the woman was just concerned that the victim had the wrong man. The woman could have been referring to anyone in the text message, he argued.

In addition to any lack of evidence showing Dyson to be jealous, Brown also pointed out inconsistent statements made by the victim.

He also noted that police did not find a gun when they raided Dyson's home in the days following the shooting and there that was no indication that the 34-year-old ever owned or possessed a firearm.

Since his arrest, Dyson was being held at the Jennifer Road Detention Center in Parole.

"This is a case of misidentification, misrepresentation of fact and innocent man has been charged with a crime he didn't commit," Brown said in his closing argument. "When the facts don't agree – you must set free."